the eldest

noun

—used in comparing the ages of people who are members of the same family

He's the eldest of her three brothers.

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Tobin was born in Detroit, in 1952, to parents descended from Irish immigrants, and grew up as the eldest of thirteen children. —

Paul Elie, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026 The son of an emotionally remote father and penny-pinching mom, Smith was born the eldest of two boys in Tacoma. —

Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026 Marius Borg Høiby, 29, is the eldest son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship and the stepson of the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon. —

Lauryn Overhultz , Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026 Rosanna Arquette is known for a lot of things, including being the eldest sibling in the famous Arquette family of actors, as well as for her roles in pop culture touchstones like 1985’s Desperately Seeking Susan and 1994’s Pulp Fiction. —

Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the eldest